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Worst ideas of 2012: paying footballers more than £1m a monthhttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/28/worst-ideas-2012-football-pay
Samuel Eto'o is a fine footballer. But is any player worth more than £17m a year?<p>What's the worst idea in sport? At&nbsp;first glance this is one of those impossible questions, such as, &quot;What's the most unhealthy packet of cigarettes?&quot; or, &quot;What's the least intelligent single-cell amoeba?&quot; This is, after all, sport, where pretty much every idea is a bad idea and where no idea can exist in isolation from the usual flaring, parping carnival of self-interest.</p><p>Modern sport is basically a gold-rush town, a&nbsp;cowboy republic of TV rights bonanzas and sponsorship hauls, given a veneer of organisational credibility by blazers and buffet tables and grandiose presidential job titles. And still the bad ideas kept coming this year: golf at the Olympics, the Bahrain grand prix, renewed displays of racism in football, and pretty much anything to do with the cricketing authorities in India.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/28/worst-ideas-2012-football-pay">Continue reading...</a>FootballSamuel Eto'oSportAnzhi MakhachkalaFri, 28 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/28/worst-ideas-2012-football-payGetty ImagesSamuel Eto'o: 'For the worst of sport, it is necessary to come back to football, and to football's best friend, money.' Photograph: Getty ImagesGetty ImagesSamuel Eto'o: 'For the worst of sport, it is necessary to come back to football, and to football's best friend, money.' Photograph: Getty ImagesBarney Ronay2012-12-28T23:00:00Z